Musashi-Mizonokuchi Station
Encyclopedia
is a railway station in Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki
, Kanagawa Prefecture
, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company
(JR East).
, and is located 12.7 km from the terminus at Kawasaki Station
. Mizonokuchi Station
on the Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line is located next to this station.
for ascending traffic (for Kawasaki), and one island platform
for descending traffic (for Tachikawa). Platform 3 is used for services originating at this station. The station building was rebuilt as an elevated station in 1998.
on April 1, 1944 becoming part of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) system, which became the Japan National Railways (JNR) from 1946. Freight services were discontinued on March 1, 1976. Along with privatization
and division of JNR, JR East started operating the station on April 1, 1987.
Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki
is one of the 7 wards of the city of Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 215,158 and a density of 13,150 persons per km². The total area is 16.38 km².-Geography:...
, Kanagawa Prefecture
Kanagawa Prefecture
is a prefecture located in the southern Kantō region of Japan. The capital is Yokohama. Kanagawa is part of the Greater Tokyo Area.-History:The prefecture has some archaeological sites going back to the Jōmon period...
, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company
East Japan Railway Company
is the largest passenger railway company in the world and one of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo....
(JR East).
Lines
Musashi-Mizonokuchi Station is served by the Nambu LineNambu Line
The is a Japanese railway line which connects Tachikawa Station in Tachikawa, Tokyo and Kawasaki Station in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture. For most of its length, it parallels the Tama River, the natural border between Tokyo and Kanagawa prefectures. It is part of the East Japan Railway Company ...
, and is located 12.7 km from the terminus at Kawasaki Station
Kawasaki Station
is a railway station in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company .-Lines:Kawasaki Station is served by the following JR East lines.*Keihin-Tōhoku Line*Tōkaidō Main Line*Nambu Line-Station layout:-Adjacent stations:...
. Mizonokuchi Station
Mizonokuchi Station
is an interchange railway station on the Tokyu Corporation's Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line and Tōkyū Ōimachi Linelocated in the Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is 11.4 kilometers from the terminus of the Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line at Shibuya Station and is a terminal station for the...
on the Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line is located next to this station.
Station layout
Musashi-Mizonokuchi Station has one side platformSide platform
A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...
for ascending traffic (for Kawasaki), and one island platform
Island platform
An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...
for descending traffic (for Tachikawa). Platform 3 is used for services originating at this station. The station building was rebuilt as an elevated station in 1998.
Platforms
Adjacent stations
History
Musashi-Mizonokuchi Station opened as a station on the Nambu Railway on March 9, 1927. The Nambu Railway was nationalizedNationalization
Nationalisation, also spelled nationalization, is the process of taking an industry or assets into government ownership by a national government or state. Nationalization usually refers to private assets, but may also mean assets owned by lower levels of government, such as municipalities, being...
on April 1, 1944 becoming part of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR) system, which became the Japan National Railways (JNR) from 1946. Freight services were discontinued on March 1, 1976. Along with privatization
Privatization
Privatization is the incidence or process of transferring ownership of a business, enterprise, agency or public service from the public sector to the private sector or to private non-profit organizations...
and division of JNR, JR East started operating the station on April 1, 1987.